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ALSO RUNS TRACK & FIELD FOR THE BRAVES

AS A JUNIOR (2015): PBC Presidential Honor Roll … Finished 7th at USC Upstate Eye Opener (5K) with a time of 20:09.66 … Crossed in 26th place at the North Georgia Invitational (6K) with a time of 24:41.1 … Finished 71st at Royals Challenge (5K) with a mark of 19:41.9 … Also grabbed a top 20 finish (18th) at the PBC Championships (6K) with a mark of 23:49.7 … UNCP’s top finisher at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships (6K) with a time of 24:45.5.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014): Led the Braves in two races this season … Ran her personal best time in the 5K at the Sand Shark Invitational where she placed 43rd (second for the Braves) with a time of 19:12.77 for the 11th fastest time in school history and to help the Braves to a seventh place finish … At the Peach Belt Conference Championships, she ran a time of 22:58.21 for the 10th fastest time in school history and a 25th place finish (third on the team) as the UNCP women’s team placed fifth … Finished 48th (top finisher for the Braves) at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships with a time of 24:27.13 as the Braves placed 14th overall … Competed in her first cross country race of the season at the Queens Twilight Invitational where she helped the team place third with a 14th place finish (20:06.4) as the third finisher for UNCP … Captured a top-15 finish at the Bulldog Cross Country Invitational as she ran a time of 21:04.47 for a 13th place finish (fourth finisher for UNCP) and a team champion honor … Registered a 57th place finish (fourth on the team) with a time of 25:29.5 at the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational in which the Braves captured eighth place … At the Royals Cross Country Challenge, she logged a 23rd place finish (first on the team) as she crossed the finish line with the 25th fastest time in school history in a time of 19:35.4.

AS A FRESHMAN (2013): A member of the team that was recognized by the USTFCCCA as an all-academic team … Ran her personal best time in the 6K at the PBC Championships with a time of 23:19.93 (11th best 6K time in school history) for a 33rd place finish as the UNCP women’s team placed fourth and she was the fifth finisher from the squad to cross the finish line … At the Royal Cross Country Challenge, she ran a time of 19:56.2 for a 71st overall finish, and fifth on the team, for a personal best time in the 5K to assist the Braves in finishing third overall … Opened up the season by placing seventh at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational with a time of 20:33.42 in the 5K to help deliver UNCP a first place finish as a team … Placed 17th at the Bulldog Stampede with a time of 21:13 in the 5K to assist the team in becoming runners-up as she was the fifth Brave to cross the finish line … Finished 34th at the Charlotte Cross Country Challenge with a time of 23:37.8 (18th best 6K time in school history) in the 6K to help UNCP place second overall … Ended her freshman year at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in the 6K where the team finished fifth and she crossed the finish line in 60th (24:25.8) as UNCP’s fifth finisher.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Douglas Byrd High School under coach Robert Freeman … Lettered in cross country and track and field … A two-time all-conference team member and MVP on the cross country team … As a senior, she garnered the Coach’s Award and was a part of the track team that went to the state championship for all four years … Ran a time of 2:24.21 in the 800m and 20:52.00 in the 5000m run for her personal bests.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Tonya and David Carrington … Has four sisters, Tatyanna, Haley, Halle and K’Lynn … Ranked 75th out of her 289-member senior class with a 3.33 cumulative grade point average … A member of the American Legion Award ROTC Program, student government, JROTC, a student mentor and won the Superior Cadet Award … Undecided in her course of study at UNCP.

PERSONAL BESTS
5K – 19:12.77 at Sand Shark Invitational – Oct. 25, 2014
6K – 22:58.21 at PBC Championships - Nov. 8, 2014